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Cyber attacks increase tenfold on outdated security systems

Attackers target user login credentials and database servers. [iStockphoto]

Kenyan firms and individuals faced an increasingly hostile online environment as assaults by cybercriminals surged to high levels in three months to December last year.

A new report by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that cyber threats detected by the Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre (Ke-CIRT/CC) increased by 943 per cent.

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